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Text Chapter 425: Victory without a fight

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    Although Renli also saw Liang Guo's soldiers and horses opening the wooden fence at the gap, he did not wish to take the opportunity to seize the city. The combination of fire thunder and divine arm crossbow made them see the gap as if they were seeing a trap.

    The guard general of Lingzhou said anxiously: "Lingzhou can't be defended, and Xingqing Mansion can't be captured for a while, so what are we still doing here? Are we waiting for Liang Guo's troops to attack from behind?"

    When everyone heard what the Lingzhou guard said, they all wanted to quit. No one thought they could do better than Brother Cha and Li Qianshun.

    Renli also saw everyone's thoughts and sighed: "I originally thought that the civil strife in the Central Plains would bring great prosperity to the Xia Kingdom, but I didn't expect that it would lead to the destruction of the country. If we dispersed separately, we would be defeated by the soldiers and horses of the Liang Kingdom, and Daxia would also be defeated.  Then he is really dead.¡±

    Although the Jingzhou garrison felt that Renli had evil intentions, he did not want to see Daxia fall. Hearing this, he asked, "Does King Shu have any plans?"

    Renli looked around at everyone and said: "The Yinchuan plain cannot be defended. The Liang army is coming fiercely, and we can only avoid its sharp edge. The 200,000 troops led by my brother are returning from Huanqing Road. We can lead  Go to Yanzhou to join my brother's army, and then come back to seize the Yinchuan Plain."

    Hearing this, the Dingzhou troops frowned and said, "Most of my soldiers, young and old, are in the Yinchuan Plain. I'm afraid they won't agree to abandon the Yinchuan Plain and go to Yanzhou."

    Renli said: "We are not abandoning the Yinchuan Plain. We will take back the states in the Yinchuan Plain when we join the army. Our ancestors have shed so much blood to establish the country of Dangxiang people. Now the national crisis is facing us. Only by uniting can we tide over the difficulties.  , The survival of Daxia depends on everyone."

    No matter whether the generals are dissatisfied with Daxia or not, they are very loyal to the country established by the party members, except of course some Han and Tubo generals.

    However, Renli could only work hard to win the support of the party members at this time, even if the Han people supported him as always.  He may not dare to believe it anymore. After all, Daliang is the country of the Han people.  As for the Tubo people, they have always been like the Qing, Tang and Qiang people, wandering between the Han people and the Dangxiang people.  Now that the Han people are powerful, it is hard for Renli to trust the Tubo people.

    "We will follow you to the death."

    A group of party generals were also excited by Renli's words and swore allegiance one after another.

    Renli nodded and said: "Okay, the military situation is urgent. In order to avoid being attacked by Liang's soldiers and horses, we will retreat to Yanzhou. At the same time, Pegasus notified the remaining defenders of Shunzhou and Lingzhou. We will retreat to Yanzhou together."

    "yes"

    The generals immediately retreated towards Jingzhou in the south without notifying their soldiers.

    After setting up camp at night, the soldiers below gradually learned about Renli¡¯s decision.

    The next day, people started to flee, although there were many party soldiers ready to fight for Daxia.  But more people consider the lives of themselves and their children.

    Chao Yong¡¯s soldiers had just transported weapons to the city wall, and everyone was still waiting for the Xixia people to drive the people back and use weapons to help them fight among themselves.  Unexpectedly, the Xixia people abandoned the half-filled moat and retreated.

    Yao Pingzhong asked doubtfully: "Is it possible that the Xixia people were killed by their own people?"

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "Then I should attribute the war achievements to the Xixia people?"

    Sun Li smiled and said: "The Xixia people probably got the news that my army is heading north."

    Hearing this, Liu Qi said unwillingly: "My viscount is only five men short. The Xixia people won't just retreat, right?"

    Chao Yong smiled and said: "If you are not tired, go and see where the Xixia troops have retreated?"

    Liu Qi also knew that the prince was the viscount who fulfilled his wish, so he cupped his hands and said, "I will go there eventually."

    Han Shizhong and Yao Pingzhong had no hope of completing the viscount's beheading.  However, he was worried that Liu Qi would leave the city alone, and he held his hands together and said, "The general is willing to go with me."

    Chao Yong smiled and said, "Then you go."

    "Take the order."

    The three of them packed their fists heavily, descended from the city, and rode away quickly.

    Chao Yong jumped onto the battlements.  Looking down at the soldiers at the top of the city, he said: "Everyone of the soldiers participating in the battle today will be rewarded with ten guans. The Battle of Xingqing Mansion is over. The entire army from head to head will be promoted to the capital, and everyone from head to head will be promoted to one level. Each person will be rewarded with one hundred acres of land.  ,"

    The imperial treasury was not rich.  But there is no shortage of land.  Now the imperial court has distributed land as part of the pension for casualties, but it has not yet rewarded active soldiers.

    This raid on Xingqing Mansion destroyed Xixia.  Five thousand Liangshan veterans made great contributions.

    Below a centurion is promoted to a centurion, and the centuries of the century are raised by one level.  In fact, ordinary soldiers were only promoted to two levels, and captains were promoted to one level, but no one was promoted to three levels.  Moreover, the promotion is not a real job, but a rank officer, which will not have a big impact on the army., Ranking is only related to salary, and does not necessarily lead to the corresponding official position.  However, everyone has reached Dutou, and after their service period is over, they can freely choose to continue serving in the army or retire.

    Chao Yong was embarrassed only by the reward. In the past, he would be rewarded several times for conquering a city in the Central Plains. But now he has gone deep into the hinterland of Xixia and conquered the capital of Xixia. Ten times the reward is not an exaggeration.  However, if there are more than 5,000 people, and a reward of hundreds of thousands of guan is given at one time, it will be a considerable expense for the court.  Therefore, Chao Yong decided to reward the land.

    For the imperial court, land is now the most indispensable. For the soldiers, land is also an important wealth. The imperial court has exempted agricultural taxes. The value of the land will only get higher and higher. Even if the rent is collected every year, it can  Support the whole family.  Even if it is sold, one hundred acres of land can be sold for several hundred dollars, which can be said to be a heavy reward.

    Of course, the court could also sell the land directly and still reward the soldiers with money, but Chao Yong did not want to calculate the gains and losses.

    "Long live the prince"

    "Long live the prince"

    "Long live the prince"

    Hearing what the prince said, all the soldiers knew that the Xixia people had completely retreated.  The Xixia people would not give up resistance, but the battle to raid Xingqing Mansion and destroy Xixia was over.

    Although it is not the title of wife and son, one hundred acres of land is enough to pass on the family.  And to achieve such results, the entire army suffered very few casualties. Only a dozen unlucky soldiers were shot to death, and only more than a hundred soldiers were injured.  Obviously the wounded and killed soldiers will receive more generous pensions.

    Everyone cheered sincerely, and the cheers spread from the south gate to the east and west gates, and finally the north gate began to respond.

    For a time, cheers continued on all four walls, and the entire Xingqing Mansion was enveloped in the cheers of the Daliang soldiers.

    The people in the city also guessed something from the cheers. The party members trembled and cried in the cheers, while the Han people completely put aside their worries and cheered along.

    Many wealthy families in the city began to prepare to present gifts to the prince, while Li Renai and Yelu Nanxian in the palace held each other's hands and cried.  (To be continued)
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